Author: Joyce Maynard

Quotes

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

- Joyce Maynard

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

- Joyce Maynard

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

- Joyce Maynard

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

- Joyce Maynard

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

- Joyce Maynard

If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.

If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.

- Joyce Maynard

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

- Joyce Maynard

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

- Joyce Maynard

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